Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Shemp Howard and Daphne Pollard in a publicity shot from HIS FIRST FLAME (1935)
WINTER 2014 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
New hotel venue information, plus preliminary details for May 2 – 3 Fan Club Meeting in Ft. Washington PA
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
- Warner Archive DVD release, Classic Shorts From the Dream Factory Vol. 3, collecting the 1933 – 1934 MGM short subjects of Ted Healy & His Stooges; includes the newly discovered HELLO POP
- "Nobody's Stooge: Ted Healy" by Bill Cassara, is now available from Bear Manor Media
by Ryan Fay & Frank Reighter
Page(s): 4 - 5
The authors’ successful search for, and discovery of the child actor who costarred in Joe Besser’s CAUGHT ON THE BOUNCE (1952); brief profile of his life and career, with comments by Mr. Coch
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 6, 9
Updating an earlier report on 1942 personal appearances, reporting on the Stooges’ 3-week USO tour of military bases in May 1942… Lake Narconian Resort Naval Hospital (Corona CA), March Field (Riverside CA), Gardner Field (Taft CA), Camp Callan (San Diego CA), Camp Cooke (Lompoc CA), Camp San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo CA), and Camp Roberts (Paso Robles CA)
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 7 - 8
“A series of photos taken during the Stooges’ visit to Camp San Luis Obispo, May 1942” (photos courtesy of the Camp San Luis Obispo Military History Section)
by Journal Staff
Page(s): 10 - 12
Helen Dickson, Jim Diehl, Hubert Diltz, Mary Lou Dix, Barbara Donaldson, Ann Doran
by Brent Seguine
Page(s): 13
Contrary to general belief that Shemp quit Ted Healy’s act in 1932 for a movie opportunity in Vitaphone’s “Joe Palooka” series, the author details the three year span between those two points in Shemp’s career
by Stuart Galbraith IV
Page(s): 14, 16
Source: http://www.dvdtalk.com
Review of Warner Archives’ new DVD collection of Ted Healy & His Stooges’ MGM short subjects of 1933 - 1934
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 15
Trivia Q&A
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